[Python-3000] [Python-3000-checkins] r66218 - python/branches/py3k/RELNOTES

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Sep 4, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Sep 4, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a little confused -- why did you remove the release notes for
>>> previous betas but leave those for the alphas in place? ISTM that  
>>> the
>>> file was an accumulation of release notes throughout the various
>>> releases -- just like Misc/NEWS, but with a different focus. This is
>>> how release notes in other products I've seen typically work, too.
>>
>> Mostly because I wasn't sure which of those release notes are still
>> relevant.  I asked (albeit in a different thread) for some  
>> assistance in
>> determining what the current state of those are.
>>
>> I'm not so sure it's helpful to separately indicate release notes  
>> for alphas
>> and betas, and it's definitely not helpful to include items that  
>> are no
>> longer relevant.  My thought was to list only those that apply to  
>> the final
>> release, and then track them with public stable releases such as  
>> 3.0.1,
>> 3.0.2, etc.
>
> Well, all the alpha notes should have been fixed by now too -- they
> all describe temporary deviations from our high standard for releases.

Okay, I'm going to blow away the old alpha issues and just leave known  
big issues.

- -Barry

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